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CHSA 5009
Multiple Set of 2 CDs
Foss: Griffelkin
Release Date: April 2003
Composer (b. 1922)
Lukas Foss
Lukas Foss
Solo contralto - Devil's Grandmother
Marion Dry
Marion Dry
Solo soprano - Griffelkin
Kendra Colton
Kendra Colton
Solo soprano - Statue
Elizabeth Keusch
Elizabeth Keusch
Solo tenor - Letterbox
Yeghishe Manucharyan
Yeghishe Manucharyan
Solo baritone - First Lion
Drew Poling
Drew Poling
Solo bass - Second Lion
David M. Cushing
David M. Cushing
Solo soprano - A Boy
Emily Browder
Emily Browder
Solo mezzo-soprano - A Girl
Misa Ann Iwama
Misa Ann Iwama
Solo soprano - Their Mother
Janna Baty
Janna Baty
Solo baritone - Policeman
Aaron Engebreth
Aaron Engebreth
Solo mezzo-soprano - Shopkeeper
Lynn Torgove
Lynn Torgove
Solo soprano - First Housewife
Anne Harley
Anne Harley
Solo soprano - Second Housewife
Anne Carolyn Bird
Anne Carolyn Bird
Solo mezzo-soprano - Third Housewife
Glorivy Arroyo
Glorivy Arroyo
Choral
Back Bay Chorale
Back Bay Chorale
Choral
Boston Childrens Opera,Members and guests
Boston Childrens Opera,Members and guests
Orchestra
Boston Modern Orchestra Project
Boston Modern Orchestra Project
Conductor
Gil Rose
Gil Rose
Producer
Blanton Alspaugh
Blanton Alspaugh
Engineer
John Newton
John Newton
Engineer (DSD)
Philipp Nedel
Philipp Nedel
Venue
Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Massachusetts
Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Massachusetts
Genre:
Opera
Contemporary
Opera
Contemporary
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Opera - Griffelkin
LUKAS FOSS
(b. 1922)premiere recording
Griffelkin
102:35
Opera in three acts
Libretto by Alastair Reid
COMPACT DISC ONE
Act I (Prologue)
1.
'When the moon grows round and the dark grows double'
2:06
Devils, Grandmother
2.
'You haven't swept up very snugly'
4:39
Grandmother, Devils, Griffelkin
3.
'Hurry up now! Light the fire!'
1:45
Grandmother, Devils
4.
Dance -
3:55
'You have learned to bewitch'
Grandmother
5.
'O Grandmother, you mean I can play in the world'
5:40
Griffelkin, Grandmother, Devils
6.
Entr'acte
2:12
Act II
7.
'Head over heels now here I come!'
4:35
Griffelkin
8.
'Bottle, we're off!'
2:22
Griffelkin, Statue
9.
'I'll try over there across the square'
0:24
Griffelkin
10.
'Good morning. Good gracious, you look like the devil'
3:02
Letterbox, Griffelkin
11.
'I've made a mistake'
1:24
Griffelkin, Boy, Children
12.
'Why, why can't you leave us'
4:08
Lions, Griffelkin
13.
'Did you turn them back into stone?'
2:21
Girl, Griffelkin, Mother
14.
'Where have you been?'
2:30
Mother, Girl, Griffelkin
15.
'Have I been dreaming?'
2:57
Mother, Shopkeeper, Policeman
16.
'Now you can see, I'm a master of magic'
3:01
Griffelkin, Girl, Shopkeeper, Toys
17.
'Come dance, come dance, round and round'
3:09
Griffelkin, Girl
18.
'Toys! Fiddlers, drummers!'
2:44
Griffelkin, Girl, Toys
19.
'Oh no! Oh no! Who would believe it!'
8:39
Hosewives, Griffelkin, Policeman, Letterbox, Lions, Statue, Toys
61:45
COMPACT DISC TWO
Act III
1.
'Disaster, calamity, dreadful, insane'
3:21
Housewives, Policeman, Shopkeeper, Letterbox, Statue, Toys, Lions
2.
'Almost empty, only a drop'
3:22
Griffelkin
3.
'Mother, your lips are silent'
2:35
Boy, Girl, Griffelkin
4.
'Here I am!'
3:04
Griffelkin, Girl
5.
'Tell me please, tell me only: what is death?'
1:48
Griffelkin, Girl, Boy
6.
'I'll bring her back with a sprinkle of magic'
4:46
Griffelkin, Mother, Boy, Girl
7.
'Good! Good! Good! Good!'
9:14
Devils, Grandmother, Griffelkin, Oldest Devil
8.
'O, dark winds will haunt me'
2:41
Griffelkin
9.
'Why Griffelkin, good morning!'
5:43
Girl, Boy, Griffelkin, Policeman, Housewives, Shopkeeper, Mother
10.
'What a strange, round world'
4:15
Children, Grownups
40:50
Solo: Marion Dry contralto - Devil's Grandmother
Solo: Kendra Colton soprano - Griffelkin
Solo: Elizabeth Keusch soprano - Statue
Solo: Yeghishe Manucharyan tenor - Letterbox
Solo: Drew Poling baritone - First Lion
Solo: David M. Cushing bass - Second Lion
Solo: Emily Browder soprano - A Boy
Solo: Misa Ann Iwama mezzo-soprano - A Girl
Solo: Janna Baty soprano - Their Mother
Solo: Aaron Engebreth baritone - Policeman
Solo: Lynn Torgove mezzo-soprano - Shopkeeper
Solo: Anne Harley soprano - First Housewife
Solo: Anne Carolyn Bird soprano - Second Housewife
Solo: Glorivy Arroyo mezzo-soprano - Third Housewife
Solo: David M. Cushing bass - Oldest Devil
Choral: Back Bay Chorale
Choral: Boston Childrens Opera,Members and guests
Orchestra: Boston Modern Orchestra Project
Conductor: Gil Rose
1 & 2 April 2002
